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UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Vallejos
Piera Rodriguez
Piera Rodriguez
11-2 · VEN
VS
Sam Hughes
Sam Hughes
11-6 · USA
March 14, 2026 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Strawweight · 3 rounds
116.0lb
Weigh-in
116.0lb
Piera Rodriguez def. Sam Hughes by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Rodriguez40/850/301:04
Hughes33/430/400:22
R2
Rodriguez30/631/101:14
Hughes22/370/200:00
R3
Rodriguez37/830/200:17
Hughes22/640/100:00
Total
Rodriguez107/2311/602:35
Hughes77/1440/700:22

Scorecards

Rodriguez vs Hughes

RdEric ColónMichael BellSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2730-27

Media (9 cards) · avg 3027 · 9 Rodriguez · 0 Hughes

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Rodriguez-Hughes.

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
RodriguezWin probabilityHughes
66.0%34.0%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
16%
Decision
58%
Expected fight time: 11.2 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Rodriguez, blue toward Hughes. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Rodriguez66%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%29%10%
Submission7%10%5%
Decision40%61%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes48 (2065)act 107
Takedowns1.5 (0.04.2)act 1
Hughes34%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%20%6%
Submission9%28%7%
Decision18%52%30%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (1755)act 77
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.2)act 0
Combined totals~89 sig strikes~2.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R121%
R212%
R39%
Distance58%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Rodriguez
54.5%-123
Hughes
+12344.4%
Most takedownstie 22.9%
Rodriguez
58.8%-321
Hughes
+32118.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Rodriguez
Expected: 47.8
48
Over 48
39.1%
+153
Exactly 48
1.0%
push
Under 48
59.9%
-153
060120
Hughes
Expected: 40.8
41
Over 41
38.9%
+154
Exactly 41
1.2%
push
Under 41
59.9%
-154
051102
Takedowns — over/under
Rodriguez
Expected: 1.5
1.5
Over 1.5
49.8%
+101
Under 1.5
50.2%
-101
035
Hughes
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
39.3%
+155
Under 0.5
60.7%
-155
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 11.2 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Rodriguez66.0%56.9%+9.1-148
Hughes34.0%43.1%−9.1+121
By method
Rodriguez by KO/TKO17.2%9.8%+7.4+761
Rodriguez by submission10.7%5.4%+5.3+1472
Rodriguez by decision38.1%41.6%−3.5+104
Hughes by KO/TKO8.9%6.4%+2.5+1220
Hughes by submission5.5%6.7%−1.2+1162
Hughes by decision19.6%30.0%−10.4+182
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds79.0%85.8%−6.8-1155
Over 2.5 rds66.8%78.9%−12.1-555
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision57.8%75.7%−17.9-414

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
68.2Striking65.3
Rodriguez +2.8
69.5Grappling41.7
Rodriguez +27.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
RodriguezHughes
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1555
Pound-for-pound
1545
1554
Divisional
1545
1498
Striking offense
1506
1507
Striking defense
1491
1516
Grappling offense
1490
1513
Grappling defense
1514
Physical
33 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'3"
Height
5'5"
63"
Reach
64"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.67
Strikes landed / min
4.34
49%
Strike accuracy
47%
2.89
Strikes absorbed / min
4.44
53%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.83
Takedowns / 15 min
1.23
66%
Takedown accuracy
35%
73%
Takedown defense
61%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
55%
+2
Win/loss streak
+3
60%
Last-5 win rate
80%
0%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
224
Days since last fight
189
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Piera Rodriguez
  • WKetlen SouzaS-DEC R3
    Close -2557mo before
  • WJosefine KnutssonU-DEC R3
    Close +2131y 3mo before
  • LAriane CarnelossiDQ R2
    Close -2251y 10mo before
  • LGillian RobertsonSUB R2
    Close +1092y 11mo before
  • WSam HughesU-DEC R3
    Close -1733y 5mo before
Sam Hughes
  • WShauna BannonSUB R2
    Close -2746mo before
  • WStephanie LucianoS-DEC R3
    Close +1421y before
  • WViktoriia DudakovaS-DEC R3
    Close +1641y 7mo before
  • LYazmin JaureguiU-DEC R3
    Close +4882y 1mo before
  • WJaqueline AmorimU-DEC R3
    Close +2172y 11mo before
Rodriguez — win / loss by method
Record: 11-2-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
5 wins, 0 losses
W
45% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 0 losses
W
55% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
4 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(50%) 1
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (71%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (29%)Decision() 0
Hughes — win / loss by method
Record: 11-6-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
2 wins, 1 loss
W
18% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
36% of wins
L
17% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 4 losses
W
45% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
6win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (17%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
1 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (67%)Decision(80%) 4
Non-UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (60%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (20%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Rodriguez
Hughes
6
UFC fights
11
77.6 min · 12.9 avg
Octagon time
145.8 min · 13.3 avg
9y 2m
Career length
7y 5m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Rodriguez
Hughes
62W–24L · 72.1%
Overall
81W–14L · 85.3%
37W–14L · 72.5%
Wins
38W–5L · 88.4%
25W–10L · 71.4%
Losses
43W–9L · 82.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Rodriguez
Hughes
26W–11L · 70.3%
Overall
11W–3L · 78.6%
26W–11L · 70.3%
Wins
7W–2L · 77.8%
0W–0L
Losses
4W–1L · 80.0%
Distance striking
Rodriguez
Hughes
5.47
Landed / min
5.96
40.0%
Accuracy
41.9%
58.4%
Defense
63.3%
0.19
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
41.2%
Time at distance
55.0%
Grappling & control
Rodriguez
Hughes
4.83
Takedowns / 15 min
1.23
65.8%
Takedown accuracy
35.3%
73.3%
Takedown defense
60.9%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.21
67.3%
Control share
73.7%
Strike target map
Rodriguez
  • Head55%(156)div 61%
  • Body34%(98)div 23%
  • Legs11%(31)div 16%
Hughes
  • Head68%(431)div 61%
  • Body17%(108)div 23%
  • Legs15%(94)div 16%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Piera Rodriguez
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Sam Hughes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.